Calendar

Note: All "Homework Assigned is due the next class day by the beginning of class unless otherwise noted. So, if you see the bullet "Homework Assigned: Read WOVENText, pp. 1-3" under Day 4, Thursday, August 31, then that work must be completed by Tuesday, September 5 by the beginning of class unless otherwise noted. 

Week 1

Day 1, Tuesday, January 9

• Syllabus

• Calendar

• Canvas

• WOVEN An Activity

• Belonging, Communication, and Initial Reflections

• Homework Assigned (Note: this seems like a lot. It's only about 30-45 minutes of work. (Completing all of this counts at 0.5% of your final grade.)

  • Read the syllabus, paying particular attention to the goals and outcomes, the tardiness and absence policies, make up policies, and the computer usage policy. Complete the Syllabus Quiz by Friday, Jan. 12 at 5:00 PM.

  • Update your Image on your Canvas Account. On the Canvas homepage, select "Account," then click "Settings," then hover your cursor over the picture and select the pencil that appears. Upload or take a clear picture of yourself for that picture. And, edit your pronouns if you'd like. 

  • Read in WOVENText "Critical Concept Three: Communication is Multimodal” [you'll have to scroll down], "How Does Multimodal Synergy Enhance Intellectual Development," and "Why Are Self-Reflection & Self-Assessment about Communication Processes & Artifacts Important?"

  • Complete the Assignment "What is Writing / Composition Like?" in the Week 1 Module on the course's homepage on Canvas.

  • Complete the assignment "WOVEN and Goals and Learning Outcomes Reflection" in the Week 1 module.

  • Bring to class, if possible, an old writing assignment or writing project or essay and the commentary given to you by your teacher, instructor, or professor. You don't need to submit it anywhere. Just bring it on your computer. 

Day 2, Thursday, January 11

• Artifact 0, Briefly and Examples

• Extension Log Policy

• Internal Editor

• Improvisation

• Reflections

• Homework Assigned: 

  • Artifact 0 due by Monday, January 15 at 10:00 AM in Canvas. Follow the submission instructions. 

  • Read the syllabus if you haven't already. Complete the Syllabus Quiz on Canvas by Fri., Jan. 12 at 5:00 PM

  • (Remember that when no due date or time is listed, then the content is due by the beginning of the next day of class. In this case, that means that the content in the next three bullet points must be completed by Tuesday, January 16 by the beginning of your section's class.)

  • Read in WOVENText “Critical Concept One: Communication is Rhetorical”

  • Submit the Artifact 0 Script via the "Artifact 0 Script" Assignment in the Canvas Assignment page. You may copy-and-paste what you wrote in the textbox submission or upload a picture of your written-out notes (as a Jpeg, jpg, or png file). 

  • Bring computers to class, fully charged

Note: Friday, Jan. 12: Deadline for Registration/Schedule Changes at 4:00 PM ET

Week 2

Day 3, Tuesday, Jan. 16

• Artifact 0 Reflection

• Rhetoric and Situatedness

• Artifact 1 

• Memoir and Belonging

• Portfolio Work -- creating, making pages, submitting links

• Homework Assigned:

  • Read from Fun Home by Alison Bechdel hosted on Canvas in the Week 2, Day 3 Module

  • Read from Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud hosted on Canvas in the Week 2, Day 3 Module

  • Read "Writer-Designer Analyzing Design Choices" hosted on Canvas in the Week 2, Day 3 Module

  • Respond to the reading in the assignment "Bechdel Response"

  • FOR SECTION J3: Please watch and follow along with this video and submit the link to your Final Portfolio. Instructions for doing this are contained within that video.  

Day 4, Thursday, Jan. 18

• What's a Memoir? Why a Memoir?

• Discussing Bechdel

• On Comics: the Basics

• Multimodal Composition

  • Written versus Visual Communication

• Homework Assigned:

  • Read your assigned Memoirs (The memoirs themselves are hosted on Canvas Homepage in the module titled "Memoirs"). Your assignments are listed in the document just above those memoirs in that same location as "Memoir Reading Assignments [section#]."

  • Respond to the Assignment "Memoir Readings Impressions"

Week 3

Day 5, Tuesday, Jan. 23

• Memoir and Presentation

• Memoir Presentations

• Memoir Writing Activity

• Homework Assigned

  • Read "The Ethics of Living Jim Crow" by Richard Wright

  • Respond to the reading in the Assignment "Wright Response." Follow the questions provided.

  • Respond to the assignment "Brainstorming Memoir"

Day 6, Thursday, Jan. 25

• Remaining Presentations

• Discussion of "The Ethics of Living Jim Crow" by Richard Wright

• Writing Discussion Questions

• Workshopping Content

• Homework Assigned:

  • Your Memoir, comic OR written, is due for Peer Review. Submit this via "Artifact 1 Peer Review." This should be a fairly completed draft. At least 3/4 must have been written or storyboarded to receive credit. Please note how peer review is tied to the Artifact 1 grade here. Submit content regardless of its completion so that you may be assigned peers to review on Tuesday.

  • Read "Writer-Designer Peer Reviewing Multimodal Projects" in the Week 3, Day 6 module.

Week 4

Day 7, Tuesday, Jan. 30

• Artifact 1 draft due for Peer Review

• Peer Review

• In-Class Peer Review Session

• Peer Review Reflection

• Homework Assigned:

  • Complete the assignment "Artifact 1 Post Peer Review Reflection."

  • Artifact 1 Due. Must be submitted via "Artifact 1 Final." You should try to incorporate peer feedback, but it is not required. If you are planning on doing an extension, the extension log must be completed by the due date and time the artifact is due to avoid a Late Penalty. Filling out an extension log does not have any bearing on your grade for this Artifact.

Day 8, Thursday, February 1

• Memoirs due via "Artifact 1 Final" assignment.

• Artifact 1 Reflection

• Assessment Practices

• Writing a Bio

• An Intro to Introductions

• Homework Assigned (due by beginning of class Thursday, Sept. 21):

  • Read "Meditation at Decatur Square" by Natasha Trethewey (hosted on Canvas). Just so you know, she is talking about Decatur, Georgia. 

    • Check out information I have linked here about the Monuments she mentions in the first section of her poem. The first, the steatite boulder, is here. The second, Jefferson, is here. The third, the old Confederate monument, is here and includes writing of the inscriptions. 

  • Reflect on this poem and some other questions in the assignment "Trethewey and What Is the South Reflection"

  • Read the Artifact 2 Assignment Page

Week 5

Day 9, Tuesday, Feb. 6

• Authenticity, Belonging, and Place

• What is the South?

• Discussion of Trethewey

• Artifact 2

• Homework Assigned: 

  • Read "The Lost Cause" entry in the Virginia Encyclopedia.

  • Read "Why Do Monuments Matter" by Niamh NicGhabhann

  • Respond to the reading in the assignment "Monuments and the Lost Cause." 

Day 10, Thursday, Feb. 8

• NicGhabhann discussion

• Features of Monumental Rhetoric

• Techniques of Close Reading

• Written Analysis to Visual Analysis

• Homework Assigned:

  • Submit a picture or brief description of TWO monuments you may use via "Artifact 2 Monument Approval" Assignment by Tuesday, February 13 at what would be the beginning of class. 

  • Note: We do not have regularly scheduled class on Tuesday, February 13.

  • Note: On February 15 we will be meeting with Alison Valk via Zoom.

Week 6

Day 11, Tuesday, Feb. 13 - NO CLASS

• I will be at the British Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies Conference. I will have limited email access during this time. Expect less timely responses to any messages y'all send me. I will try to approve your selections by 3:00 PM on Tuesday.

• Homework Assigned:

  • Once I approve one or both of your monuments in a comment I'll leave on your "Artifact 2 Monument Approval" assignment, please complete the Assignment "Artifact 2 Monument Reflections. by Monday, February 19 at 10:00 AM. All relevant content to complete this larger assignment is in the Artifact 2 Monument Reflections Module.

Day 12, Thursday, Feb. 15 - Library Day, we will meet via Zoom. Check the announcement and the Week 6 module for the link. 

• Library Visit - Via Zoom

• Canva

• Adobe Photoshop

• Homework Assigned:

  • Once I approve one or both of your monuments in a comment I'll leave on your "Artifact 2 Monument Approval" assignment, please complete the Assignment "Artifact 2 Monument Reflections" by Monday, February 19 at 10:00 AM. All relevant content to complete this larger assignment is in the Artifact 2 Monument Reflections Module.

  • Find an example of an infographic you find compelling or interesting. 

  • Reflect on that Infographic in the Assignment "Infographic Selection and Analysis."

Week 7

Day 13, Tuesday, Feb. 20

• Reminders of Features, Context, and Thesis

• Thematic Organization

• What is an Infographic?

• Creating Generic Criteria

• Examining Student Work

• Homework Assigned

  • Continue to work on your infographics! 

  • Set up a Zoom appointment with me if necessary

Day 14, Thursday, Feb. 22

• Context Work

• Workshop

• Homework Assigned:

  • Submit your Artifact 2 for Peer Review by the beginning of class on Tuesday, Feb. 27 in the assignment "Artifact 2 Peer Review." Final-ish Drafts are ideal but developed designs and highly developed sketches with well-developed main argumentative / interpretive claims and analytical points will be accepted. Only submit pdf, jpeg, jpg, or png files.

Week 8

Day 15, Tuesday, Feb. 27:

• Artifact 2 Peer Review

• Peer Review Reflections

  • Submit your disciplinary choices, following instructions in the assignment "My Disciplines" by Wednesday, February 28 at 3:00 PM

  • Complete "Artifact 2 Peer Review Reflection"

  • Artifact 2 Due via "Artifact 2 Final"

Day 16, Thursday, Feb. 29 

• Artifact 2 Due

• Artifact 2 Reflection

• Introducing Artifact 3

• Artifact 3 Groups

• The Ad Game

• Discourse Communities

• Values make Rhetoric

• Homework Assigned

  • Read the Artifact 3 Assignment Sheet 

  • Read "Three Questions to Ask When Embarking on an Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration" by Margaret Schedel and Heather Lynch (opinion)

  • Reflect in the assignment "Collaboration Reflection (Individual)."

  • Your group will probably want to discuss which podcasts they may like to cover for the Genre Presentation Assignment as sign ups for your selection will go live in class on March 5. Select your top three just in case you don't get your ideal selection. Check out Appendix A in the Artifact 3 Assignment Page for an approved list of podcasts

Week 9

Day 17, Tuesday, March 5

• Discourse Communities

  • Values, Rhetoric

  • Structure, Reference, Language

• A Note on Humanities

• Selecting Genre Presentation Podcast

• Finding an Academic Article (saving as a pdf)

• Citations

• Homework Assigned:

  • Bring in three peer-reviewed, academic research articles related to your assigned discipline/major, submitting them as pdf's via "Three Articles (Individual)." No literature reviews!

  • Your Artifact 3 Group Collaboration Contracts are due by Friday, March 8 at 11:59 PM (close to midnight) in "Collaboration Contract (Group)." Only one group member needs to submit the pdf. Please also remove the first page. 

Day 18, Thursday, March 7

• Brainstorming Techniques

• Brainstorming and Interdisciplinarity

• Summarizing an Academic Article

• Summary Activity 

• Genre Presentation Assignment

• Understanding Intros, Music, Soundscapes, Transitions, etc.

• Genre Presentation Assignment Podcast Selection

• Homework Assigned:

  • Your Artifact 3 Group Collaboration Contracts are due by Friday, March 8 at 11:59 PM (close to midnight) in "Collaboration Contract (Group)." Only one group member needs to submit the pdf. Please also remove the first page. 

  • Submit the summary of your academic article via "Article Summary (Individual)"

  • Listen to any episode of the Lost in the Stacks Podcast, link to the archive here. 

  • Submit a question you may ask of Charlie Bennett regarding any aspect of podcasting or radio hosting. This could include creating, editing, recording, or finding inspiration for a podcast episode. Record your question(s) in the "Questions for Charlie" assignment

Week 10

Day 19, Tuesday, March 12

• Charlie Bennett Visit

• Podcasting Techniques

• Audacity

• Recording Recommendations

• Homework Assigned

  • Create and Submit your Genre Presentation via the "Podcast Genre Presentation" assignment. This must be submitted as a pdf or ppt or pptx file, not as a link to a Google Slides page.

  • Read "Barbecue is an American Tradition ... " by Michael Twitty

  • Reflect from your discipline's perspective in the journal "Interdisciplinary Barbecue." 

  • Note: Wednesday, March 13 is the Withdrawal Deadline.

Day 20, Thursday, March 14

• Genre Presentations (3)

• South to Interdisciplinarity

• Barbecue as a Case Study

• Proposals (CFPs)

• Group Work

• Homework Assigned:

  • Listen to this episode of Radiolab 

  • Individually, respond to the episode in the assignment "Radiolab Reflection."

  • If relevant, please complete the "[Optional] Collaboration Check In" if you or several members of your group are having issues with one or more group mates. This should be completed by Monday, March 25 by 3:00 PM via the "[Optional] Collaboration Check In" Assignment.

Week 11  -- SPRING BREAK

Day 21, Tuesday, March 19 -- No Class

Day 22, Thursday, March 21 -- No Class

Week 12

Day 23, Tuesday, March 26

• Radiolab Discussion - Infotainment Podcasts

• Specificity, Segments, Roles

• Radiolab Activities

• Proposals Reminder

• Homework Assigned:

  • Podcast Proposals are due

Day 24, Thursday, March 28

• Podcast Icons

• Podcaster Descriptions

• Episode Descriptions

• Adapting Peer-Reviewed Research

• In-Class Workshopping and Brainstorming

• Homework Assigned: 

  • Work on Podcast

  • Optional: Bring in your Icon or Podcaster Descriptions for light review and feedback to class

Week 13

Day 25, Tuesday, April 2

• Previews - What goes into Previews

• Uploading work to Youtube

• Conference Expectations, Etiquette, and Ratings

• In-Class Worktime

• Homework Assigned:

  • Read this article, "How to Get the Most out of a Conference" by Rebecca Knight

  • Work on your episode and the preview

Day 26, Thursday, April 4--No Formal Class

• I will be on Zoom for these sections during the time listed just for questions. You don't need to 'attend' unless y'all have a question or want me to go over stuff with you. These are or will be hyperlinked below:

  • A6: 8:30-9:15

  • D5: 10:00-10:45

  • J3: 12:30-1:15

• Homework Assigned:

  • Previews due (along with podcaster and episode descriptions and podcast icon / logo)

Week 14

Day 27, Tuesday, April 9

• "Emerging GATech Podcasts" Conference Panel

• Ratings and Suggestions

• Reflections on Peer Feedback

• Homework Assigned

  • Artifact 3 Final Due

Day 28, Thursday, April 11

• Artifact 3 Due

• Artifact 3 Reflection

• Portfolio Introduction

• Peer Assessments

• Homework Assigned:

  • Complete "Peer Assessment (Individual)"

  • Read about Portfolios, beginning at the heading "Building Your Communication Portfolio" through "What is the English 1101 or 1102 portfolio & how does it enhance my education?" 

  • Read the Assignment Page for the ePortfolio

Week 15

Day 29, Tuesday, April 16

• Themes and Reflections

• Reflection Essays

• Assessing a Reflection Essay

• Building out an Artifact Page

• CIOS Completion

• Homework Assigned:

  • Complete your Reflection Essay in your Portfolio page. Make sure your Portfolio link is submitted via Final Portfolio for in-class peer-review, which it should already have been early on in the semester.

Day 30, Thursday, April 18

• Reflection Essay Portfolio Workshop and Peer Review

• Artifact 0, 1, 2, 3 Pages and Expectations, Framing Process Documents

• CIOS Completion

• Homework Assigned: 

  • Portfolios are due by 11:59 PM on Tuesday, April 23

  • Attendance in class on Tuesday, April 23 is optional. I will be in the classroom and available for questions, email, or hanging out throughout the duration of class time. Let me know if you submit your portfolio early!

Week 16

Day 31, Tuesday, April 23 -- LAST DAY OF CLASSES--if you've got questions: visit on Zoom

• 8:30-9:15

• 10:00-10:45

• 12:30-1:15

• Portfolio due by 11:59 PM on Tuesday, April 23.

Note: Grades are due (on my end) by May 5

Note: Grades are available on May 7